A scoping review of reporting 'Ethical Research Practices' in research conducted among refugees and war-affected populations in the Arab world.
BMC Med Ethics
; 19(1): 36, 2018 05 15.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Ethical research conduct is a cornerstone of research practice particularly when research participants include vulnerable populations. This study mapped the extent of reporting ethical research practices in studies conducted among refugees and war-affected populations in the Arab World, and assessed variations by time, country of study, and study characteristics.METHODS:
An electronic search of eight databases resulted in 5668 unique records published between 2000 and 2013. Scoping review yielded 164 eligible articles for analyses.RESULTS:
Ethical research practices, including obtaining institutional approval, access to the community/research site, and informed consent/assent from the research participants, were reported in 48.2, 54.9, and 53.7% of the publications, respectively. Institutional approval was significantly more likely to be reported when the research was biomedical in nature compared to public health and social (91.7% vs. 54.4 and 32.4%), when the study employed quantitative compared to qualitative or mixed methodologies (61.7% vs. 26.8 and 42.9%), and when the journal required a statement on ethical declarations (57.4% vs. 27.1%). Institutional approval was least likely to be reported in papers that were sole-authored (9.5%), when these did not mention a funding source (29.6%), or when published in national journals (0%). Similar results were obtained for access to the community site and for seeking informed consent/assent from study participants.CONCLUSIONS:
The responsibility of inadequacies in adherence to ethical research conduct in crisis settings is born by a multitude of stakeholders including funding agencies, institutional research boards, researchers and international relief organizations involved in research, as well as journal editors, all of whom need to play a more proactive role for enhancing the practice of ethical research conduct in conflict settings.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Refugiados
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Projetos de Pesquisa
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Ciências Sociais
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Saúde Pública
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Conflitos Armados
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Pesquisa Biomédica
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
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Systematic_reviews
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Ethics
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Med Ethics
Assunto da revista:
ETICA
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Líbano